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Thursday, July, 03, 2014 - 12:12:57 PM

History Under the Trees set for July 5 at Waterloo Region Museum

Dr. Adam Crerar of Wilfrid Laurier University will speak at History Under the Trees, July 5, 1:30 p.m., at the Doon Heritage Green at the Waterloo Region Museum at 10 Huron Rd. Kitchener.

Everyone is welcome to attend this meeting. Say you are attending History Under the Trees and the museum admission rate will be reduced.

One of the earliest buildings placed at Doon Pioneer Village was the Peter McArthur log cabin. For more 50 years this mid-19th century cabin has been a mainstay of the village streetscape. In all probability only a small percentage of visitors over the years have had any idea who Peter McArthur was.

Crerar has written in detail about Peter McArthur, the 1920s author that was born in this log cabin. His article, Writing Across the Rural-Urban Divide: The Case of Peter McArthur 1909-1924, appeared in the Journal of Canadian Studies, Volume 41, Number 2, Spring 2007.

McArthur’s whimsical, wry, ironic but often hard-hitting columns delighted early 20th-century readers of the Toronto Globe and Farmers’ Advocate.

Crerar will lead the discussion at History Under the Trees, breathing life back into this almost-forgotten author. Attendees are welcome to tour the cabin after the discussion with museum staff.